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Young scholars

The Climate Centre is scaling up its support to the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement through advanced students who link their academic requirements with humanitarian needs.

Interested in the Young Scholars for Humanitarian Work Programme?

We have ongoing arrangements for internships and temporary consultancy contracts with a few international institutions, leading to a more sustainable and well-supported system to accommodate interns and consultants. If you are affiliated with one of the below mentioned universities, we would be keen to explore a collaboration with your academic institution if a faculty member is willing and able to supervise you, and contacts us with preliminary ideas on how to link your academic requirements with our humanitarian needs. In that case you can apply for a password to participate in the survey. Universities the Climate Centre has arrangements with are Boston University, Brandeis University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Institute of Development Studies (Sussex) King's College London, University of Manchester, MIT, Parsons School of Design, University College London, Oxford and Cambridge, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Maryland, New York University, University of Miami, University of Cape Town, University of Iceland, Wageningen University, and Yale.

Please request a password at climatecentre@climatecentre.org to fill in a survey external so we can find out more about you, your interests and skills, and why you would like to work with the RC.

Listed below are the young researchers who currently participate in our internship programme or have participated in 2012:

Anthony BANYOUKO NDAH Universiti Brunei Darussalam, FASS, Environmental Studies Program Environment and Cholera in Douala, Cameroon: Assessment of community vulnerability and recommendations for response Supervisors: Dr. William John Duane and Dr. Besong Samuel Besong
Ben NORSKOV Parsons MFA Design and Technology Designed games for outreach and education about climate change with other team members from Parsons and Yale. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez, Content Advisor
Chetan DEVA University of Manchester - Economics Developed a framework for impact assessment of forecast based decisions Supervisor: Pablo Suarez
Erin KITCHELL University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Geography Conducted field study on climate information exchange among pastoralists in Senegal Supervisor: Matt Turner External Partners: Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Dakar
Eulani LABAY Parsons The New School for Design - MFA Transdisciplinary Design, 2012 Designed games for outreach and education about climate change with other team members from Parsons and Yale. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez, Content Advisor
Gillian LOGIE King’s College, London - Geography Assisting in the Partners for Resilience Programme in Nairobi. Researching the partners’ approach to cooperation Supervisors: Sirak Temesgen and Julie Arrighi
Grady WALKER New York University - Environmental Conservation Education Assisted in creating a film for the Uganda Red Cross Society and the Climate Centre on climate risks in Uganda. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez, Julie Arrighi
Hannah TANKARD King’s College London – Disasters, Adaptation and Development Assisting Drought, Change and the Future of the Arid Lands' research. Contribution to establish how the effects of future droughts and contemporary changes in pastoralism will affect women. Supervisors: Stephen McDowell and Mark Pelling
Hui SHI Columbia University - Climate and Society Addressing sources of predictability for rainfall. Developing a climate and health training manual Supervisor: Simon Mason
Inge-Merete HOUGAARD Lund University – Programme in International Development and Management Assisting in the Partners for Resilience (PfR) programme in Kenya and Uganda linking disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystems management and restoration. Supervisors: Oliver Nasirwa, Julie Arrighi
Jaime FRUNGILLO Boston University - Marine Programme Georeferenced of Red Cross data to analyze links between forecasts and disasters Supervisors: Jordan Winkler and Pablo Suarez
Jessica THORN University of Oxford - School of Geography and the Environment Addressing Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to urban flood risk in informal settlements: A case study of Mathare slum, Nairobi Kenya. Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, Youcef Ait-Chellouche,Thomas Thornton
Jorge SANZ FUERTES King's College London Assisted in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisor: Knud Falk
Joshua ZAKE University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria, Environment and Natural Resources - Agricultural Sciences Evaluated existing early warning systems for climate related hazards impacting on smallholder farming communities in Mpigi district, Central Uganda. Supervisors: Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Michael Hauser
Kanchan SHRESTHA Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Environmental Science Analyzed and reported on integration of climate change by National Societies for the UNFCCC COP-17, Durban. Supervisors: Pablo Suarez and Patricia Fay
Kat JENSEN Columbia University - Climate and Society Assisted in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, Lisette Braman
Kira SULLIVAN-WILEY Boston University- Earth & Environment Researching the methods and effectiveness of information transfer from service providers to at-risk agricultural communities in the Mount Elgon region, Uganda. Supervisor: Julie Arrighi
Laura CANEVARI University of Oxford - School of Geography and the Environment Addressing Knowledge production pathways and the use of participatory GIS mapping in vulnerability assessments and risk management: a case study of Beausejour (Grenada) Supervisors: Diana Liverman, John Holmes, Joan Bastide (French Red Cross, Barbados)
Lauren GRAHAM Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies - Environmental Management Analyzing patterns of integration of climate change adaptation strategies and policy into the RC national societies humanitarian work, evaluating the correlation between capacity building efforts and more effective climate change integration Supervisors: Pablo Suarez and Patricia Fay
Lien TRAN Parsons MFA Design and Technology Designed games for humanitarian outreach and education about climate change and public health. Team Faculty Collaborator: Clay Ewing
Lindsay BOUTON Harvard School of Public Health - Global Health and Population Assisting in the Health Risk Management in a Changing Climate project in Tanzania and Kenya Supervisors: Erin Coughlan, Sheila Chemjor, Renatus Mkaruka
Lionel BADAL King's College London Assisted in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, Madeleen Helmer
Louisa WHITLOCK King's College London Assists in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisor: Fleur Monasso
Lydie-Line PAROZ ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) Assists in Partners for Resilience Programme, in particular linked to the national policy dialogues for the National Adaptation Plans Supervisor: Madeleen Helmer
Mohini DUTTA Parsons MFA Design and Technology Designed games for outreach and education about climate change with other team members from Parsons and Yale. Pablo Suarez, Content Advisor
Rebeka RYVOLA Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Researching effects of interactive and innovative film use by development and climate organizations, organized and co facilitated the RC 'Beyond the Film' Festival at COP 18. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez
Sophia COLANTONIO Yale University, School of Public Health - Public Health and Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada Helped address the humanitarian consequences of climate change and extreme events within the Partners for Resilience programme. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez
Vanessa LAMERS Yale University, School of Public Health, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies - Public Health , Environmental Management Evaluated direct, measurable links between the environment and international disasters to utilize for the upcoming COP in Durban, South Africa Supervisor: Pablo Suarez

Luis Miguel CASTRO URIBE University of Cape Town - Environmental Management Evaluated the effectiveness of participatory video in community-based adaptation to climate change. A case study in Wage Worgaja, Ethiopia. Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, Gina Ziervogel, Azemeraw Bekele (ERCS contact)
Megan FLEMING Columbia University - Climate and Society Contributed knowledge of climate change and variability in community-based disaster management for the Caribbean region Supervisors: Reynette Royer-Thomas (RC Caribbean DRMRC), Lisette Braman, Pablo Suarez, Walter Baethgen (IRI) External Partners: Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), International Centre on Environmental Monitoring (CIMA Foundation), Columbia IRI
Meghan BAILEY University of Oxford, Environmental Change and Management Assessed the potential of climate forecasting and disaster risk reduction interventions to improve household level food security in the drought-prone region of Karamoja, Uganda Supervisors: Aine Reuben, Pablo Suarez, Ariella Helfgott
Mystral ECHEVARRIA Boston University - Marine Programme Georeferenced of Red Cross data to analyze links between forecasts and disasters Supervisors: Jordan Winkler and Pablo Suarez
Neal GRAVES Hampshire college - Literature and Classical Studies Searched through DREFs for key terms related to weather predictions and organizing my findings in a database. Supervisor: Pablo Suarez
Nina QAIEM MAQAMI King's College London Assisted in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisor: Knud Falk
Pamela BRAFF Boston University - Marine Programme Georeferenced of Red Cross data to analyze links between forecasts and disasters Supervisors: Jordan Winkler and Pablo Suarez
Rhiannon FOX Parsons the New School for Design - Communication Design Provided Innovative visualizations for global disaster data in order to see visual patterns and revealing the countries most in need of disaster recovery resources Supervisors: ISDR, Mathan Ratinam, Pablo Suarez
Selina MAENZANISE King’s College London - Disasters, Adaptation and Development Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, and Mark Pelling Climate Risk Perception and Management External Partners: SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START)
Soyee CHIU Columbia University - Climate and Society Assisted in Partners for Resilience Programme Supervisors: Pablo Suarez, Lisette Braman
Trevor GREEN Boston University - International Relations and Environmental Policy Georeferencing of Red Cross data to analyze links between forecasts and disasters Supervisors: Jordan Winkler and Pablo Suarez
Yufang ZHOU Columbia University - Climate and Society 1. Assisted with ongoing DRR projects at the provincial level 2. Assisted branches to identify opportunities to help communities to access, understand, and act upon climate and weather information in a practical and appropriate way Supervisors: Lisette Braman, Qinghui Gu, Rebecca McNaught and Liqiang Sun
Zoe ROBERT University of Iceland - Environment and Natural Resources Developed a framework for monitoring and evaluation of project to build capacity to cope with climate risks, researching climate risk management work of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, as well as coordination of organisations across geographical scales. Supervisors: Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Pablo Suarez and Patty Fay